Leland Lee, anti-gun, gun trafficker sentenced
The Washington Post report that California State Senator, Leland Lee was sentenced in Federal court last week for trafficking in firearms and for accepting bribes.
“I hope that in your sentencing of me, you will look at my entire life and not just these crimes I have committed,” the senator implored U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reported. “In the 67 years of my life, I have devoted much of it to the work of the community, to people here in San Francisco and in the state of California.”
Yee added that he was most ashamed to have hurt his family and supporters: “That will always weight on me, and that will always haunt me for the rest of my life.”
Breyer was unsympathetic to the calls for leniency.
Yeah, five years doesn’t seem too harsh for a man, a graduate of UC Berkeley, who, just months before his indictment had claimed to CBS News that “It is extremely important that individuals in the state of California do not own assault weapons. I mean that is just so crystal clear — there is no debate, no discussion” while he was plotting to bring those kinds of weapons into the hands of criminals in California from outside of the country.
As a legislator, Yee supported strict gun control laws and was named to the Brady Campaign’s Gun Violence Prevention Honor Roll.
The calamitous epilogue to Yee’s career, then, seems to be an abrupt about-face. During his campaigns, Yee had styled himself as an outsider removed from the corruption that plagued San Francisco governments past.
“My parents didn’t encourage me to go into politics at all,” he told Hyphen magazine in 2011. “There was a stereotype in the Chinese community that sees politics with suspicion. Politicians aren’t honorable, they’re corrupt and unsavory.”
Five stinkin’ years.
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Let’s hope it’s a HARD 5 years.
With Bubba, Thor, Julio and Mr. “Tiny” have their way with him…
He should have listened to his parents, but then…maybe he did?
“Politicians aren’t honorable, they’re corrupt and unsavory.”
Yeah, no shit, Leland. I’m sure the, “take my whole life’s work” whine into consideration wouldn’t have helped your cause. Just sayin.
Oh, and make sure you use powdered soap in prison. Takes longer to pick up!
Five years probably isn’t enough, but it’s a pleasant surprise that he got jail time at all.
Five years where the NICEST thing he is likely to hear is, “Shut your mouth, convict.”
Yeah, he was removed from City Hall corruption…he chose drug gang/gunrunner corruption instead. He’s lucky the judge didn’t take his life as a politician into consideration, else his sentence would have been 10 years. Gonna suck in Folsom… well, at least he will.
Sadly, he won’t be in Folsom. He caught a federal rap, meaning he’ll probably do his time in a Club Fed somewhere.
Yeah, in a perfect world he be doing that, Cocoran, or Pelican Bay, but just getting him off the street is enough for now.
No matter where, one hopes he is going to hear “you got a purty mouth” soon, and often.
Right along with “PICK UP THAT SOAP, BITCH!”
And “HERE’S YOUR COCKMEAT SAMMICH, BYTCH!”
Swallow lil bitch, or else!
Sadly, because of the D in front of his name, a good protion of Californians would still vote for him anyways.
“It is extremely important that individuals in the state of California do not own assault weapons. I mean that is just so crystal clear — there is no debate, no discussion” — no, there is no discussion when you’re expecting to profit from the sales of guns to criminals. You got less than you deserve, but I’m quite sure there is much more coming to you that you DON’T expect.
Just what part of the Seven Hells were you expecting to escape, Mr. Lee?
Leland Yee has been in prison for about a year, so only 4 more years to go (he was sentenced in 2016).
IMHO, too light of a sentence. However, Yee will live the rest of his life as a convicted Felon.
Oh, yeah, this is 2017, isn’t it?
All the news articles to include the Washington Post about Yee are dated February 2016-one mentioned he started his prison time in March 2016.
Was confused when I read he started his sentence last week.
Agree with you that his sentence is not harsh enough.
I even checked the date on the article. I guess 2016 ended too early for my liking.
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Forgot to add he is currently serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution at Forth Worth, Texas with an expected release date of 31 July 2020.
Fort Worth FMC = Federal Medical Center Does 68 year old Leland Yee suffer from major health problems?
As long as it’s in General Population, and his cellies know that he flipped on somebody, and…
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Nope, still not enough. He wants them to “consider his entire life.” Yeah, the entire life in which he used his position to try to disarm law-abiding citizens in this state while simultaneously participating actively in the illegal importation of automatic weapons for the purpose of selling them to violent criminals? That entire life? Oh yeah, Yee, it’s considered, you fucking pice of shit.
Fuck this two-faced sonofabitch straight to hell. Another fine contribution to society by UC Berkeley!
Here’s hoping he becomes one more fish for Bubba & Thor before he gets shared with his cell clock. I hope they’ve already sampled him in his current lockup!
Well you know what they say about Chinese food. Twenty minutes later you want more…
Would he be an Asian Mail Order Prison Bride?
Well, making guns illegal would net him more money from gun running. So it benefit him directly to vote anti-gun.
At this point though, who gives a fuck about all the other years before this? They will be tainted with the knowledge that all along you were purposely using your position to get rich and be corrupt.
So, how long before were you corrupt and trying to get rich before you finally got caught?
This. He wasn’t anti-gun per se… Just wanted to drive the competition out and decrease supply, this increasing his own bottom line.
Do a little searching and see what business the spouse of Sen. “Don’t call me Ma’am” Boxer is in. Then ask yourself why she is so supportive of gun control.
Dang it… Geetwillickers posting before research.
The Senator I was thinking of is Feinstein, and her hubs is into real estate. I could swear he was an arms dealer too… But my 30 second Google search didn’t confirm that for me. So I withdraw the accusation.
That is all.
He needs beat with a logging chain early and often.
Butt stroked with an M14. Repeatedly.
I have always been fond of the M14. And that is one of the things it will always do better than the M16.
ex-OS2:
Bring it, please.
Cleared hot.
Prison cocksucker.
ex-OS2…please check your emails.
Eat a bag of dicks, Lee. Lucky you, Club Fed has room service.
Affront to justice.
Did he bribe the judge too, because it looks like it.
China has it right
Execution for public officials convicted of malfeasance
He’s in a Fed BOP medical facility in Fort Worth. Have a look at his “prison.”
https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/ftw
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His release date is 21 July 2020. He goes by number 19629-111 nowadys.
Low Security Federal Medical Center?
Fucking cocksucker.
Hey,2/17 Air Cav, you copied me!
That’s ok…Army still rules…
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Like I said.
Fucking Club Fed.
If there’s any justice, he’ll get MRSA from a dirty razor.
2/17: At the bottom of your link, which is mostly a commissary listing, is the following:
PREA Report
This report, posted on August 21, 2015, details the findings of an audit that was conducted to determine compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act.
Here’s hoping the prisoners ignore the PREA when it comes to this toad. Fuck him …
Faq’heem.
Sorry, I did see your initial cmt but missed the one w/ the release date and facility name.
No need to apologize…Was joking…Army minds think alike…😉
Proving, once again, what a peach you are.
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Corrupt and unsavory, should have listened to your parents asshole.
Being a C.O. for the past 22 years or so in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, this piece of shit will most likely go to a “Low” or a “camp” in the fed system. NOT hard time unless he’s TRULY stupid inside.
Yes give up all your firearms so I can corner the black market with imported assault weapons from the Philippines.
– Leland Yee
This clown wanted a monopoly on guns, to make a profit. Those sorts will usually -sell- to anyone.
Most of his cohort want the monopoly, so that the rest of us -obey-. These sorts are the ones that occasionally produce the one-way boxcar rides for the annoying.
” I have devoted much of it to the work of the community, to people here in San Francisco and in the state of California.”
And he has made a dam good living doing it, even excluding his little part-time job. It really irritates me when these well paid political hacks get caught with their fingers in the cookie jar and whine about how hard they have worked for us peasants. As though they were making some sort of sacrifice through their “public service”, which usually pays better than anything else they could get on their merits.
Well, take your BP meds before you read this, timactual.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-jesse-jackson-junior-federal-benefits-met-20170222-story.html
“We’re going to federal pound me in the ass prison”
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